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The Actress

The Actress (1988)

1h 27m | PG-13

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The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.

Director: Siegfried Kühn

Studio: DEFA

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Corinna Harfouch

Corinna Harfouch

as Maria Rheine

André Hennicke

André Hennicke

as Mark Löwenthal

Michael Gwisdek

Michael Gwisdek

as Mario Montegasso

Blanche Kommerell

Blanche Kommerell

as Judith Baumann

Jürgen Watzke

Jürgen Watzke

as Stengele

Martin Brandt

Martin Brandt

as Jaldas Großvater